Word: perotism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Janet Reno b) Ross Perot c) Bart Simpson d) Jim Bakker...
...Reform Party has been in a strange search for its identity now that its diminutive godfather Ross Perot has stepped aside to allow a new generation to run for president with the party's federal funds. But with Perot's retirement, the Reform Party has lost much of its already vague identity, along with Perot's distrust of bearded...
...Buchanan is not Ross Perot, and more important, 2000 is not 1992. Above all, "it's the economy, stupid." In general, relatively high unemployment and low growth (such as we saw in 1992) help two kinds of candidates, the liberal and the extremist. One promises that the government will help, the other promises to find a scapegoat for the problem. And, of course, the incumbent tries (usually somewhat unsuccessfully) to deny that there's a problem...
POLITICAL ALLIES: Donald Trump ENEMIES: Ross Perot, Pat Buchanan RECENT OUTBURST: On organized religion: "It's a sham and a crutch...
...more concessions before climbing aboard. In fact, what impressed Branegan was how quietly ?- and quickly ? the rest of the AFL-CIO went along. "It seems to be a very enlightened group," he says. "Both Bradley and Gore are free-traders ? Gore?s biggest moment was defending NAFTA against Perot ? and there hasn?t been a word about that." Of course, George W. Bush?s own dad was the father of NAFTA, and the unions know that bickering over this Democrat or that only helps...